Stephen Ruddek, PA
Surgical · Johnstown, PANPI 1558506014
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 80 payments — averaging $22.24 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp)$314
- Medtronic$236
- Stryker$166
- Getinge USA Sales, LLC$153
- Inari Medical, Inc.$149
- AstraZeneca$133
- plus $629 from 15 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,780100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| ZOLL Services LLC (a/k/a ZOLL Lifecor Corp) | 13 | $314 |
| Medtronic | 12 | $236 |
| Stryker | 8 | $166 |
| Getinge USA Sales, LLC | 6 | $153 |
| Inari Medical, Inc. | 6 | $149 |
| AstraZeneca | 8 | $133 |
| Merck | 5 | $118 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 2 | $63 |
| Baxter Healthcare | 2 | $52 |
| Atricure, Inc. | 2 | $51 |
| Irhythm Technologies, Inc. | 2 | $45 |
| BD | 1 | $45 |
| Angiodynamics, Inc. | 2 | $41 |
| LSI Solutions Inc | 2 | $39 |
| Johnson & Johnson(2 entities) | 2 | $39 |
| Corcym Inc | 2 | $38 |
| Abbott | 1 | $24 |
| Kls-martin L.p. | 1 | $22 |
| Abiomed | 1 | $22 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $17 |
| Organogenesis Inc. | 1 | $13 |
How this compares
$1,780 in reported general payments places this provider in the 80th percentile of 626 surgical providers in Pennsylvania.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 183 | $1,315 |
| Atorvastatin Calcium | 54 | $365 |
| Carvedilol | 19 | $284 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 54 | $179 |
| Tramadol Hcl-AcetaminophenTramadol Hcl/Acetaminophen | 22 | $126 |
| Potassium Chloride | 13 | $120 |
| Rosuvastatin Calcium | 13 | $116 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 11 | $86 |
| Lisinopril | 20 | $72 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgical in Johnstown
- Matthew HodgeJohnstown$6K
- Patsy SkablaWynnewood$188K
- Julie ParkerPittsburgh$132K
- Kyle LangstonAllentown$50K
- Aaron MacoskeyPittsburgh$40K
- Elissa CastorPittsburgh$25K
- Amanda YakobitisWynnewood$24K
- Dustin HobbsWilkes Barre$15K
- Leah KovalPittsburgh$13K
- Maureen SchullerLancaster$12K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.